Public Health

10 March 2017

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The following privacy notice applies to Public Health Teams:

Legal basis for access to Primary Care Mortality Database: Section 42(4) of the SRSA (2007) as amended by section 287 of the Health and Social Care Act (2012) and Regulation 3 of the Health Service (Control of Patient Information) Regulations 2002.

Information collected

Postcode of usual residence of the deceased, post code of place of death

NHS number

Date of Birth

Date of Death

Maiden name

Name of certifier

Name of coroner

Cause of death

Address of usual residence of mother

Place of birth text

Postcode of usual residence of the mother,

Post code of place of birth of child

NHS number of child

Date of Birth of child

Agencies we might share information with;

Health and Social Care Information Centre

Purpose for processing include:

Service delivery,

Service Improvement,

Service planning and/or research.

You have the right to opt out of Essex County Council Public Health receiving or holding your personal identifiable information. There are occasions where service providers will have a legal duty to share information, for example for safeguarding or criminal issues. The process for opting out will depend on the specific data is and what programme it relates to.